[18][19][20] On February 14 and April 12, 2001, she participated in the Field Hearing Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, which was held by the U.S. Senate in Fallon, Nevada to investigate childhood leukemia clusters in that community.
[Dr. Randall Todd, state epidemiologist, Nevada State Health Division] replied that this would require additional thought and that his written response would follow after consultation with his colleagues.”Berman also succeeded in obtaining this testimony from one of the medical experts in attendance:[22] “[Dr. Thomas Sinks, the associate director for science at the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control] clarified that nobody ever developed cancer because of chances.
The probability of the Fallon cluster being a chance event was described by Dr. Sinks as being unlikely.”Berman then spoke on a different matter at a Nevada Legislature meeting later that same month.
The proposed bill was designed to prohibit the employment of children under the age of sixteen in door-to-door sales of magazines, candy, and other products.
As the debate continued, Berman noted that section 2, subsection 2, paragraph (d) of the proposed legislation would exempt farm workers from restrictions imposed by A.B.